Senior Software Engineer, Platform

United StatesHybridFull TimeSeniorPosted 2 months ago

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Role summary

We are seeking a Senior Platform Engineer with strong software engineering skills and some data science acumen to join our team. This role focuses on designing, building, and maintaining distributed microservice architectures. Key responsibilities include optimizing system robustness, stability, and performance, particularly in areas like geospatial data storage and query performance at scale. The engineer will develop and optimize event-driven architectures, implement API surfaces (gRPC, HTTP), design data processing pipelines, and manage containerized applications. Proficiency in Python and other languages, along with experience in message queuing, databases (PostgreSQL, DuckDB), and container orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes) is required.

Department/Team:
Engineering
Clearance Requirement:
Not Required - Must be eligible
Location:
Hybrid - Chantilly, VA / Herndon, VA / Washington, DC Metro Area Employment Type: Full-time, Salaried
Overview
We’re seeking a Platform Engineer with a blend of strong software engineering expertise and some data science acumen to join our team. This role requires someone who enjoys working on distributed microservice architectures, finding ways to improve the system’s robustness, stability, and performance, and optimize areas such as geospatial data storage and query performance at scale.
Key Responsibilities

Design, build, and maintain platform services in a microservices environment
Develop and optimize event-driven architectures using message queuing systems
Implement and maintain gRPC and HTTP API surfaces
Design data processing pipelines and analytics infrastructure
Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize system performance and reliability
Containerize applications and manage container orchestration

Required Technical Skills

Strong proficiency in Python and at least one other programming language
Understanding of HTTP API and RPC patterns
Experience with gRPC and protocol buffers
Experience with PostgreSQL and DuckDB (configuration, usage, optimization)
Understanding of event-driven architectures (configuration, pitfalls, scaling challenges)
Knowledge of RabbitMQ or other message broker
Understanding of microservices design patterns and distributed systems
Some experience with containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)

Qualifications

Strong software engineering fundamentals (design patterns, testing, version control)
Experience with monitoring and observability tools
AWS experience is a nice-to-have
Understanding of data lake architectures and storage optimization patterns
Understanding of security practices in distributed systems
Strong communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills

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